Wakeboat ballast measurement assemblies and methods
OwnerRichard L. Hartmaninventor
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Abstract
Wakeboat ballast compartment fluid level sensing assemblies are provided that can include: a wakeboat having a hull; a ballast compartment associated with the hull; a nonconductive sensor chamber in fluidic communication with the ballast compartment; and at least one conductive electrode associated with the sensor chamber. Methods for sensing a fluid level within a ballast compartment aboard a wakeboat are also provided. The methods can include maintaining fluid communication between the ballast compartment and a sensor chamber; and determining the electrical communication of electrodes operatively associated with the sensor chamber.
Claims20
A wakeboat ballast compartment fluid level sensing assembly comprising:
- a wakeboat having a hull;
- a ballast compartment associated with the hull;
- a nonconductive sensor chamber in fluidic communication with the ballast compartment;
- and
- at least two conductive electrodes associated with the sensor chamber, wherein at least one of the conductive electrodes is electrically isolated from fluid within the sensor chamber.
A method for sensing a fluid level within a ballast compartment aboard a wakeboat, the method comprising:
- maintaining fluid communication between the ballast compartment and a sensor chamber;
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- determining the electrical communication between at least two electrodes operatively associated with the sensor chamber wherein at least one of the electrodes is electrically isolated from fluid within the sensor chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.